Yep. Any alternative site created that attempts to respect the original spirit of the internet pre-iphone era and crosses a certain threshold of popularity experiences attacks on multiple fronts:
Influx of hostile accounts posting offensive/hate/glowie material which quickly overwhelms any moderation efforts and adds to revenue overhead
Mass ddos attacks which forces admins of said site to purchase expensive ddos mitigation from woke/konverged ddos mitigation providers, adding even more overhead costs
If above two aren't successful in making the site go dark, a coordinated barrage of hitpiece articles (ala "Gamers are dead") from all the usual suspects (see gab's wikipedia entry for a nice example)
If the admins/staff of said site keep up the good fight, then the undermining/co-opting of the staff begins by covert radicalized woke ideological individuals with no lives (aka n8thegr8)
Site's financing/funding is attacked by woke banksters
Site loses ddos protection because woke ddos mitigation provider says it promotes violence/hate/misogyny/whatever other communist logic justification
Influx of organic, well intentioned new members slows to a trickle thanks to the above factors. Admins are worn down by the constant attacks on multiple fronts and fold up shop.
Yep. Any alternative site created that attempts to respect the original spirit of the internet pre-iphone era and crosses a certain threshold of popularity experiences attacks on multiple fronts:
Influx of hostile accounts posting offensive/hate/glowie material which quickly overwhelms any moderation efforts and adds to revenue overhead
Mass ddos attacks which forces admins of said site to purchase expensive ddos mitigation from woke/konverged ddos mitigation providers, adding even more overhead costs
If above two aren't successful in making the site go dark, a coordinated barrage of hitpiece articles (ala "Gamers are dead") from all the usual suspects (see gab's wikipedia entry for a nice example)
If the admins/staff of said site keep up the good fight, then the undermining/co-opting of the staff begins by covert radicalized woke ideological individuals with no lives (aka n8thegr8)
Site's financing/funding is attacked by woke banksters
Site loses ddos protection because woke ddos mitigation provider says it promotes violence/hate/misogyny/whatever other communist logic justification
Influx of organic, well intentioned new members slows to a trickle thanks to the above factors. Admins are worn down by the constant attacks on multiple fronts and fold up shop.